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Climbing the polls ... Julia Gillard has pegged back some of Kevin Rudd's lead as preferred leader. Photo: Andrew Meares
''In the end the government doesn't have to change leaders - they have to change policies because if they have Rudd or Gillard they'll still have the carbon tax, they'll still have the mining tax, they'll still be a government which is addicted to spending,'' Mr Abbott told Network Ten.